I am in the process of rebuilding my car, as part of it, I am tucking in the rear bumper and getting rid of the bumperettes. Anyone who has ever had one of their bumperettes off knows that there are big holes in the bumper end caps where the bumperette bolt goes through. Does anyone know a good method for filling this hole and finishing it off smooth to be painted over? I am not talking about the holees in the aluminum part of the bumber, I already plan to weld them up and smooth them off.

I am in the process of rebuilding my car, as part of it, I am tucking in the rear bumper and getting rid of the bumperettes. Anyone who has ever had one of their bumperettes off knows that there are big holes in the bumper end caps where the bumperette bolt goes through. Does anyone know a good method for filling this hole and finishing it off smooth to be painted over? I am not talking about the holees in the aluminum part of the bumber, I already plan to weld them up and smooth them off.

What type of plastic are these caps made of?

Why bother with all the hassle if it was me I'll order a fiberglass one from A.I.R. very good quality & will last a long time ,also very reasonable price ,like any fiberglass part you migth have to do a little fitting to get rigth but nothing serious.Once finish & install it will look like this.

That does look good, I have seen it before. My bumper will still offer some protection if someone bumps the rear end and my way is a lot cheaper. Its really just labor. Not going to cost me anything for the welding and hopefully not going to cost me anything to fill the holes on the bumper caps.

I did some looking around for kits. Could you ppossibly get the part number for the kit you are talking about. Looking online it is not clear if the kits come with the mesh as well as the epoxy or what. Is this the same project you were trying to do when you used this stuff? Did you do all your filling with the mesh? I have a couple of old bumper caps that are damged that I could cut patch pieces out of to fill the holes then I would just need to basically glue them in. The mesh could be used for reinforcement. What would you suggest?

There is a 3M kit (the one I thought I had) but I cannot find info yet.

The Proform kit has plastic mesh for backing/strength plus proper prep, hardening and accelerating chemicals for a good bond.

I am going to do exactly this project this fall myself. The euro bumper would be nice, but IMO a rear-end tap is more likely to happen, and the bumper would be beneficial. I've seen cars with this done, and it looks good.

There is a 3M kit (the one I thought I had) but I cannot find info yet.

The Proform kit has plastic mesh for backing/strength plus proper prep, hardening and accelerating chemicals for a good bond.

I am going to do exactly this project this fall myself. The euro bumper would be nice, but IMO a rear-end tap is more likely to happen, and the bumper would be beneficial. I've seen cars with this done, and it looks good.

Is that kit available at someplace like autozone or something? Or do I order it online or what? Hopefully I can just pick it up somewhere. Thanks for the information.

In doing some searching about this kit online, I came across a pf704 kit that is supposed to be for flexible things. Do you think that may be better for this application or do you think that is for really flexible stuff? I am thinking maybe I want the 702 kit because I really don't want it to be flexing around or my paint will crack.